I’ve been enjoying this site so much I figure I should participate more fully, so…

…I think about high school a lot.All the time, in fact, because my “job” these days is to write books for and about teens.Some of you may discover that I borrowed your name for my characters – the Echowan has become one of my key research tools.It also helps me get back into that teenage mindset, an often humiliating, occasionally horrific, and always fascinating exercise.

I’ve been writing fiction for a living for about 20 years now, after attempting a bunch of other careers that didn’t work out so well.Not-so-coincidentally, my S.O., Mary Logue, is also a writer.Mary and I have been together for 20 years and four months, which is 20 years longer than any other woman ever put up with me.We now live in Golden Valley (mostly) and Stockholm, Wisconsin (sometimes), with a couple of gerbil-size poodles and way too many books.

Life is good. I’ve been appreciating it ever more after perusing the “In Memorium” section of this website.I’m looking forward to seeing all of you at the reunion.

I very much enjoyed connecting with everyone at the 2010 reunion. Since then I have retired (now live in the mountains of New Mexico) and married a wonderful woman, Carrie Classon. We maintain a very physically active life, with lots of biking and hiking in the mountains. Last fall we hiked two weeks on the famous Camino in Spain and this fall will spend a month in Pomplano, Spain. I haven't made it to any of the mini reunions but will make a major effort to make the 50th in 2020. Hope you all are healthy!!Send Peter a Message

From Martha:
The memories are flooding back after seeing all your names- 40 years- amazing.

I graduated from Vassar, along with Bobby Sipkins who I hope is coming to reunion! Then went to grad school at NYU and got an MBA. Lived in NYC for 8 years and when my son John was born we moved to Sioux Falls to be back in the midwest and I have been in SF ever since- never planned on that but its home now.

I just retired from Citibank after 32 years in human resources and operations managment. In 2000 I decided I had had enough of corporate life so went and got a PhD in Organization Leadership- AND now I get to go do what I really love as I start a full time teaching position at the University of Sioux Falls on September 1 - so YEAH I get to go back to college and school. I never stopped loving learning.

I am married to my second husband Phil who came with 3 older childred Maren, Erik and Nate so I have 4 kids and 7 grandchildren. They are a joy to be sure.

Also I finally finally am living my dream of owning my own horse! So Eric Ramberg all that horse play in the basement when were kids led to reality at age 55.

It will be great to see everyone, so many stories and so many I have forgotten I am sure.

From Jim:Since I never graduated, I have been reluctant to go to too many reunions, I did go to the 20th as Nestors date. I think I'll go to the 40th. If Nestor doesn't invite me I'll lean on Hartman, since he has been pommeling me with reunion info.

My Professional Bio Says: "Jim Herbert has been involved in the Chemical, Physical & Biological treatment of water & wastewater since 1975, as technical representative and designer".

I have had a lifelong interest in sailing, and have a sailing club on Meetup.comSend Jim a Message